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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 15:46:20 -0500
From: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>
To: Krzysztof =?utf-8?Q?Wilczy=C5=84ski?= <kw@linux.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 0/5] PCI: rcar-gen4: Add R-Car V4H support
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On Sun, Jun 30, 2024 at 05:06:50AM +0900, Krzysztof Wilczyński wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> [...]
> > About the firmware binary, please refer to the following patch
> > descirption:
> >   PCI: rcar-gen4: Add support for r8a779g0
> 
> This quite a sad state of affairs, and usually would I oppose including
> drivers that rely on closed proprietary firmware blobs to operate.  That
> said, Renesas is not really setting any precedent here, so we will live
> with this.

What are the existing similar situations?  Just for curiosity, I'd
like to know what precedent we are relying on here.